Crash site of Douglas C-47 41-7803 on Moel y Gaer, Llangollen, Wales

23rd August 1942
C-47A 41-7803
64th TCG, USAAF
Moel-y-Gaer, Denbighshire

# = Known to be 14th FG. The aircraft was being used to transfer personnel of the 14th Fighter Group from the US at the beginning of that unit’s deployment … Continue reading “1942-08-23|C-47A|41-7803|64th TCG, USAAF|Moel-y-Gaer, Denbighshire”

Crash site of Airspeed Oxford Mk.II X7064 on Moel y Gamelin, Llangollen, Denbighshire

20th February 1944
Oxford Mk.II X7064
No.11 (P)AFU, RAF
Moel y Gamelin, Denbighshire

During the evening of the 20th February 1944 Oxford X7064 took off from RAF Wrexham with two crew aboard for a night training flight. The flight was authorised as a … Continue reading “1944-02-20 |Oxford Mk.II|X7064|No.11 (P)AFU, RAF|Moel y Gamelin, Denbighshire”

Crash site of P-47 Thunderbolt 41-6195 near Aled Isfa Reservoir, Denbigh

8th July 1944
P-47C 41-6195
495th FTG, USAAF
Aled Isfa, Denbighshire

2nd Lt Wahl was on a training flight from RAF Atcham, near Shrewsbury, with two other P-47 aircraft. He was flying in the No.3 position in a line astern formation. … Continue reading “1944-07-08|P-47C|41-6195|495th FTG, USAAF|Aled Isfa, Denbighshire”

Handley Page Halifax C. Mk.8 G-AIHU

5th December 1947
Halifax C. Mk.8 G-AIHU
Lancashire Aircraft Corporation
Cwm Mountain, Denbighshire

The aircraft, an ex-RAF (although it had only flown 12 hours 40 minutes in their ownership) Halifax that had been converted for freight use, had been flown by its crew, … Continue reading “1947-12-05|Halifax C. Mk.8|G-AIHU|Lancashire Aircraft Corporation|Cwm Mountain, Denbighshire”